1980 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 4th place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 6-10-0 .375 |
| Head Coach: Forrest Gregg |
| Hank Bullough | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Frank Gansz | Tight Ends/Special Teams |
| Lindy Infante | Defensive Backs |
| Dick LeBeau | Defensive Backs |
| Jim McNally | Offensive Line |
| Dick Modzelewski | Defensive Line |
| George Sefcik | Offensive Backs |
| Kim Wood | Strength |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1980 | A | Denver Broncos | 6-17 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 67532 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-3 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40595 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14-20 | L | OT | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 59113 |
| Sat | 8/30/1980 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-15 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40288 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12-17 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55551 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1980 | A | Miami Dolphins | 16-17 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 38322 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-28 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52490 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-13 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50413 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1980 | A | Green Bay Packers | 9-14 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55006 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-16 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 53668 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 44487 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1980 | A | Houston Oilers | 3-23 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 49189 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1980 | H | San Diego Chargers | 14-31 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46406 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-28 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 44132 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | H | Buffalo Bills | 0-14 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40836 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79253 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1980 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-6 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 41594 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | H | Baltimore Colts | 34-33 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 35651 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-14 | W | OT | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 48808 |
| Sun | 12/21/1980 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50058 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Charles Alexander | 40 | FB-RB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| Alton Alexis | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 182 | 23 | Tulane | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 31 | Augustana (Illinois) | 13 | 12 |
| Don Bass | 84 | WR | 6-2 | 219 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 12 |
| Jim Breech | 10 | K | 5-6 | 161 | 24 | California | 4 | 0 |
| Louis Breeden | 34 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 5 |
| Greg Bright | 47 | SS | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Morehead State | 16 | 16 |
| Jim Browner | 21 | S | 6-1 | 208 | 25 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Ross Browner | 79 | RDE | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Notre Dame | 15 | 15 |
| Glenn Bujnoch | 74 | LOG | 6-6 | 265 | 27 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| Gary Burley | 67 | DE | 6-3 | 282 | 28 | Wharton County JC; Pittsburgh | 11 | 0 |
| Blair Bush | 58 | C | 6-3 | 273 | 24 | Washington | 16 | 13 |
| Glenn Cameron | 50 | RILB | 6-2 | 228 | 27 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Corbett | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 218 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 30 | California; San Diego State | 15 | 14 |
| Tom Dinkel | 52 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-3 | 240 | 34 | Kansas | 16 | 12 |
| Eddie Edwards | 73 | LDE | 6-5 | 257 | 26 | Arizona Western JC; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Billy Glass | 64 | LOG | 6-4 | 261 | 23 | Baylor | 15 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 45 | RB | 5-9 | 188 | 26 | Ohio State | 15 | 7 |
| Ray Griffin | 44 | LCB | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 11 |
| Bo Harris | 53 | LOLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Louisiana State | 15 | 7 |
| M.L. Harris | 83 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 26 | Tampa; Kansas State | 12 | 0 |
| Jo Jo Heath | 36 | CB | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 |
| Bryan Hicks | 27 | FS | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | McNeese State | 16 | 6 |
| Rod Horn | 71 | NT | 6-4 | 268 | 24 | Nebraska | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 30 | FS | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Yale | 10 | 10 |
| Pete Johnson | 46 | FB | 6-0 | 272 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 8 |
| Steve Kreider | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 192 | 22 | Lehigh | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Lapham | 62 | ROT | 6-4 | 259 | 28 | Syracuse | 16 | 1 |
| Jim LeClair | 55 | LILB | 6-3 | 234 | 30 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 16 | 16 |
| Mike Levenseller | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Washington State | 8 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 87 | WR-P | 6-6 | 210 | 27 | Harvard | 16 | 7 |
| Andy Melontree | 59 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Tyler JC; Baylor | 16 | 0 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 28 | WR | 5-9 | 183 | 24 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 0 |
| Max Montoya | 65 | ROG | 6-5 | 275 | 24 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| Blake Moore | 60 | C | 6-5 | 267 | 22 | Wooster | 16 | 3 |
| Anthony Munoz | 78 | LOT | 6-6 | 280 | 22 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Nathan Poole | 35 | FB | 5-9 | 210 | 24 | Louisville | 16 | 0 |
| Rick Razzano | 51 | LLB | 5-11 | 227 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 13 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | Florida A&M | 16 | 16 |
| Dan Ross | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 23 | Northeastern | 16 | 16 |
| Mike St. Clair | 72 | LDE | 6-5 | 253 | 27 | Iowa Central CC; Grambling State | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Simpkins | 56 | RLB | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Michigan | 16 | 2 |
| Shafer Suggs | 23 | SS | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Ball State | 4 | 0 |
| Ian Sunter | 19 | K | 6-0 | 215 | 28 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 12 | QB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Washington State | 14 | 4 |
| Deacon Turner | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; San Diego State | 12 | 1 |
| Sandro Vitiello | 11 | K | 6-2 | 197 | 22 | Nassau CC; Massachusetts | 2 | 0 |
| Mike White | 63 | RDE | 6-5 | 266 | 23 | Albany State | 15 | 1 |
| Wilson Whitley | 75 | NT | 6-3 | 265 | 25 | Houston | 16 | 16 |
| Reggie Williams | 57 | ROLB | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Dartmouth | 14 | 13 |
| Mike Wilson | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 280 | 25 | Georgia | 16 | 15 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Anthony Munoz | T | Southern California |
| 2 | 31 | Kirby Criswell | LB | Kansas |
| 3 | 59 | Rod Horn | DT | Nebraska |
| 4 | 86 | Billy Glass | G | Baylor |
| 5 | 113 | Bryan Hicks | DB | McNeese State |
| 6 | 141 | Jo Jo Heath | DB | Pittsburgh |
| 6 | 159 | Andy Melontree | LB | Baylor |
| 7 | 167 | Ron Simpkins | LB | Michigan |
| 7 | 168 | Gary Don Johnson | DT | Baylor |
| 8 | 196 | Mark Lyles | RB | Florida State |
| 9 | 224 | Greg Bright | DB | Morehead State |
| 10 | 252 | Sandro Vitiello | K | Massachusetts |
| 11 | 281 | Alton Alexis | WR | Tulane |
| 12 | 308 | Mike Wright | QB | Vanderbilt |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 80 | 65 | 30 | 66 | 3 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 109 | 82 | 104 | 0 | 312 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 283 | 111 | 147 | 25 | 89/238 37.4% | / % | 118 | 949 | |
| Opponents Totals | 286 | 111 | 154 | 21 | 101/224 45.1% | / % | 106 | 809 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 0 | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 48 |
| Pete Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Don Bass | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Dan Ross | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Breech | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 23 |
| Isaac Curtis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charles Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ray Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat McInally | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Deacon Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Sandro Vitiello | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 2 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 38 | 94.7 | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 0 | 312 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 0/1 |
| Jim Breech | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 0 | 42 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| Sandro Vitiello | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 29 | 51.7 | 1 | 42 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 4/11 | 2/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 27 | 59.3 | 1/ | 5/ | 6/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Johnson | 186 | 747 | 4.0 | 57t | 6 |
| Charles Alexander | 169 | 702 | 4.2 | 37 | 2 |
| Archie Griffin | 85 | 260 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 30 | 130 | 4.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 16 | 122 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 15t | 1 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 513 | 2069 | 4.0 | 57t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 469 | 1680 | 3.6 | 55t | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 275 | 166 | 60.4 | 96 | 1778 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 67t | 6 | 2.2 | 13 | 4.7 | 24 | 174 | 1604 | 66.9 |
| Jack Thompson | 234 | 115 | 49.1 | 107 | 1324 | 5.7 | 11.5 | 59t | 11 | 4.7 | 12 | 5.1 | 13 | 113 | 1211 | 60.9 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 510 | 281 | 55.1 | 204 | 3102 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 67t | 17 | 3.3 | 25 | 4.9 | 37 | 287 | 2815 | 64.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 491 | 284 | 57.8 | 187 | 3426 | 7.0 | 12.1 | 68t | 22 | 4.5 | 20 | 4.1 | 35 | 302 | 3124 | 77.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ross | 56 | 724 | 12.9 | 37 | 4 |
| Isaac Curtis | 43 | 610 | 14.2 | 67t | 3 |
| Charles Alexander | 36 | 192 | 5.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Bass | 32 | 409 | 12.8 | 55t | 6 |
| Archie Griffin | 28 | 196 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 21 | 172 | 8.2 | 28t | 1 |
| Pat McInally | 18 | 269 | 14.9 | 59t | 2 |
| Steve Kreider | 17 | 272 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 15 | 1 |
| M.L. Harris | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Munoz | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 281 | 3102 | 11.0 | 67t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 284 | 3426 | 12.1 | 68t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Breeden | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Glenn Cameron | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Griffin | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 52t | 2 |
| Reggie Williams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bryan Hicks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Bright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 255 | 12.8 | 52t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 351 | 14.0 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 83 | 3390 | 40.8 | 61 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 476 | 2674 | 31.5 |
| Jim Breech | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 |
| Team Totals | 87 | 3457 | 39.7 | 61 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 478 | 2719 | 31.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2773 | 38.5 | 57 | 16 | 252 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo Montgomery | 31 | 7 | 223 | 7.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Jo Jo Heath | 6 | 1 | 29 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Bright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 8 | 252 | 6.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 6 | 478 | 10.4 | 68 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo Montgomery | 44 | 843 | 19.2 | 40 | 0 | |
| Deacon Turner | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bryan Hicks | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jo Jo Heath | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ron Simpkins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Browner | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 1199 | 17.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1180 | 20.7 | 90t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Edwards | 9.0 | |
| Jim Browner | 3.0 | |
| Reggie Williams | 2.0 | |
| Ross Browner | 2.0 | |
| Mike St. Clair | 2.0 | |
| Bo Harris | 2.0 | |
| Bryan Hicks | 1.0 | |
| Wilson Whitley | 1.0 | |
| (Unknown) | 13.0 | |
| Team Totals | 35.0 | 302.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 287.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bass | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Bright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Browner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Dinkel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Bryan Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -16 | 0 | |
| Andy Melontree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Razzano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Simpkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Thompson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |
| Deacon Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 2 |
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